To:M. I. LACIS

Published:First published in 1942 inLenin Miscellany XXXIV.

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4. VI. 1919

ComradeLads

DearComrade,

Ihave received your letter and enclosures. Kamenev
says—and declares that severalmost prominent Cheka menconfirm it—that the Chekas in the Ukraine have brought a
host of evils, having been set uptoo earlyand having
allowed a mass of hangers-on to get in.

Amost stringent check should be made on personnel—in
this, I hope, Dzerzhinsky will assist you from here. It is
necessary at all costs to discipline the Cheka men and
throw out the alien elements.

Whenthere is an opportunity to send a letter by hand,
inform me in greater detail about the screening of the
Cheka personnel in the Ukraine, and the results of the
work.

Greetings,Yours,Lenin